Two people have died and several are trapped in a Gurdwara in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul after two blasts rocked the city this morning.
According to the news agency, the blasts took place near the gates of the Gurdwara. Multiple gunshots were heard too. About 30 people were present at the gurdwara at the time of the blast. On the other hand, no statement has been issued by the Taliban regarding the blast at the Gurdwara.
On June 11, several people were injured after a blast hit Kabul. “The blast took place at Batkhak Square in the 10th district of Kabul,” Tolo News had said in a Tweet. “Earlier, on Monday, a blast took place in Kabul’s Police District-4 with explosives carried on a bicycle,” the Kabul security department had said.
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Prior to this, three explosions had rocked the capital of Afghanistan’s Balkh province on May 25, leaving at least 9 people killed and 15 others injured. On the same day, a blast at Masjid Sharif Hazrat Zakaria mosque in Kabul city left at least two people dead, according to officials.
In response to the attacks in Balkh and Kabul, the US Special Envoy for Women and Human Rights in Afghanistan, Rina Amiri said that the Taliban must ensure people’s security and prevent atrocities. “The heinous attacks in Mazar & Kabul serve no purpose but to inflict further devastation on innocent Afghans who have suffered enough,” Rina Amiri had tweeted.
In another explosion at a traffic square in Kabul’s fourth police district had killed at least 30 people and injured others at the Hazrat Zekriya Mosque. The Taliban faced a severe security threat from the Khorasan branch of ISIS, which has been active in Afghanistan since 2014.
